Kenosha County vs Outagamie County

A side-by-side comparison of Kenosha County and Outagamie County: population, income, housing, and more.

Kenosha County and Outagamie County are counties in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Outagamie County has the higher population (191,537 vs 168,413 in Kenosha County). Outagamie County has the higher median household income ($82,857 vs $79,412 in Kenosha County). Kenosha County has the higher median home value ($247,800 vs $244,100 in Outagamie County).

Population, income & housing

	Kenosha County	Outagamie County
Population	168,413	191,537
Median age	39.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,412	$82,857
Median home value	$247,800	$244,100
Median gross rent	$1,175	$998
Housing units	72,897	79,900
Homeownership rate	67.6%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenosha County	Outagamie County
Population	168,524 → 168,413 (-0.1%)	185,700 → 191,537 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$63,733 → $79,412 (+24.6%)	$65,572 → $82,857 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$177,400 → $247,800 (+39.7%)	$169,400 → $244,100 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $1,175 (+27.9%)	$807 → $998 (+23.7%)

Kenosha County

Population

168,524168,413

Median household income

$63,733$79,412

Median home value

$177,400$247,800

Median gross rent

$919$1,175

Outagamie County

Population

185,700191,537

Median household income

$65,572$82,857

Median home value

$169,400$244,100

Median gross rent

$807$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kenosha County	Outagamie County
Under 5	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.7%
75 and over	5.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenosha County	Outagamie County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	6.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	1.8%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenosha County	Outagamie County
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	28.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenosha County	Outagamie County
Drove alone	79.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenosha County	Outagamie County
1-unit, detached	66.0%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	7.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Kenosha County	Outagamie County
Poverty rate	10.5%	6.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1975	1979